Virgil van Dijk has warned Liverpool “There is no time for mistakes” when they are confronted with Paris St Germain on Wednesday in the Champions League -Knock outputs.
Van Dijk knows that the comfort blanket of the group stage has disappeared and instead an error Liverpool could cost their dream to conquer Europe. He is well aware of the mass threat of PSG in the Parc des Princes and the French champions are unbeaten in his own country and 13 points clearly at the top of Ligue 1.
The side of Luis Enrique has won their last 10 games and are unbeaten in their last 22 games in all games. Van Dijk noticed that their 7-0 thumps from Brest in their latest Champions League group game and the Reds-Schipper said: “I expect that it is a very good game against a very good team, a team in shape.
“They played very well in the last Champions League match against Brest and it will be difficult. But these are the games in which you want to compete and I am really looking forward to it.
“Of course you come to the knockout stages and there is no time for mistakes, no time for bad games. There are two games to get through, but we want to be so good in both games that we deserve to continue.
“But you have to earn it, you have to fight for it, you have to do everything to win the game and that is what we are going to try to do.
“We are certainly aware of how difficult it will be in Paris and then back here. But these are the nights in which you want to perform and you want to show that to the whole world. “
Van Dijk also defended Darwin Nunez after head coach Arne Slot criticized his work percentage. Nunez has only six goals and three assists from his 34 performances this season and Van Dijk claimed that he has submitted a shift in the last match of Liverpool against Newcastle.
“That is the absolute minimum that was asked of us from the first day of the first day, but that is the absolute minimum for playing for Liverpool,” said the Dutch center of the center. “That was up to him, and it is still up to him and he showed a big reaction in his work percentage.
“That should be the minimum, and he knows, so you have to continue. Everyone plays a major role, that's the thing. We are all in this together, we need everyone and he is also a large part of our team.
“When he comes up, he must have a positive impact. He, and the rest of the boys who met Newcastle made a big impact. That is what we need, so we just have to continue. '
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